Political Editor Martyn Brown grilled Keir Starmer on Labour’s lack of clarity on immigration.
Keir Starmer’s reset speech today (Image: Getty)
James Bond, Star Wars, Top Gun, Superman, Harry Potter… just some of the many movie blockbusters to have been filmed at Pinewood Studios.
There have been a few flops over the years too.
And Keir Starmer was the latest Turkey to take to the stage at the world famous film set today.
Desperate to kick-start his floundering premiership, Sir Keir decided to use the home of British film to give a speech setting out his latest plan for the country.
We’ve had the “five missions” and the “six first steps”. Today we got the “six milestones”.
The half a dozen targets – to achieve by spring 2029 – in a “plan for change” are designed to persuade disillusioned voters that he can turn things around.
Sir Keir needs more than just milestones to turn public opinion if the latest polls are anything to go by.
His first five months in No10 have been dogged by anger over Labour’s tax plans and a Taylor Swift “freebies” row.
The PM was also forced to sack Sue Gray as his chief of staff amid Downing Street infighting.
And Sir Keir faced further embarrassment last week with the resignation of Louise Haigh as transport secretary when it emerged she had a criminal conviction.
Taking to the stage in a cavernous Pinewood studio, the Prime Minister immediately got on the front foot, attacking Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for doing “a couple of shifts” at McDonald’s.
This makes her “working class”, he mocked, before suggesting that if he did a couple more speeches at Pinewood he would be 007.
Lame gag out of the way, Sir Keir then proceeded to set out his big changes.
Kickstart economic growth, build an NHS fit for the future, safer streets, break down the barriers to opportunity and make Britain a clean energy superpower.
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No plan for tackling immigration – both legal and illegal – or bringing down the country’s gargantuan £5.4 billion asylum bill.
Unsurprisingly lots of questions from journalists, including myself, were about his plan, or lack of it, for immigration.
These were casually swatted away the Prime Minister who insisted numbers will fall because he has a “serious plan”.
He also faced a grilling after apparently watering down the government’s green energy target.
It would appear that Sir Keir chose the right location to produce his latest works of fiction and fantasy.
